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trillion to buy medicare-equivalent policies. so that's real money. medicare is a much more efficient system and it is one of these things we really don't have to argue over. you have representative ryan running around with great idea we're going into introduce the private market in healthcare, and you go we have had that and we even have it within medicare. we have medicare advantage, and that costs more not less. >> because of course the insurance company is the middleman. >> exactly. and medicare turns out to be a very efficient way to provide care. they get into this thing, like you like the government. i don't care. if it costs us less fine. >> i totally agree. >> but we have been experimenting with that for decades, and it's not true. >> let the data speak for itself. here is texas governor rick perry, and rick scott talk about it today on fox. take a listen. >> it will be governor romney's plan -- >> but are you for that? >> i'm going to support a plan to make sure our medicare recipients we have 3.3 million of them in flo
trillion to buy medicare-equivalent policies. so that's real money. medicare is a much more efficient system and it is one of these things we really don't have to argue over. you have representative ryan running around with great idea we're going into introduce the private market in healthcare, and you go we have had that and we even have it within medicare. we have medicare advantage, and that costs more not less. >> because of course the insurance company is the middleman. >>...
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if we said look, medicare works well, it's efficient. we're going to let everyone be on medicare, forget about the private insurance companies which most people don't like. it would be hard for republicans to go against because they never go against medicare. >> john: you're talking about single payer. >> that's right gentleman. >> john: what do you think? >> i've never been in favor of single payer. the problem is we're trying to convert what is strictly a payment system into insurance and it has never been about insurance. >> john: what do you expect the courts are going to do tomorrow, sir? >> i don't expect they'll overturn it. parts of it maybe the individual mandate but i never felt that they'll let the whole bill go. >> john: doctor? >> i think they'll overturn the individual mandate. i don't think it will effect that many people. it's become a touch zone for people in terms of what it mines. we have 15 million uninsured. the new plan will cover less half of those. 17 million will be on medicaid. so we're left with 8 million who w
if we said look, medicare works well, it's efficient. we're going to let everyone be on medicare, forget about the private insurance companies which most people don't like. it would be hard for republicans to go against because they never go against medicare. >> john: you're talking about single payer. >> that's right gentleman. >> john: what do you think? >> i've never been in favor of single payer. the problem is we're trying to convert what is strictly a payment...
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obama care cuts medicare cuts medicare by approximately $500,000,000,000. obamacare as trillions to our deficits and to our national debt. obamacare also means that for up to 20 million americans, they will lose the insurance they currently have, the insurance that they like and they want to keep. obamacare is a job killer. and perhaps most troubling of all, obamacare puts the federal government between you and your doctor. >> now, we have a fact checker here, but he has a family, and it would take him weeks to check those facts. so to determine if there is any truth in mitt romney's rendition, author of "beyond outrage." what has gone wrong with our economy and our democracy and how to fix it. secretary reich, what a pleasure to have you hear this evening. >> hi, john. >> was governor romney right when he said the law raises taxes by $500,000,000,000? >> i have no idea where he got that figure. before i came to the studio, i looked up everything i could find about any legitimate study and there is nothing close to 500 billion. if you compare the cost the a
obama care cuts medicare cuts medicare by approximately $500,000,000,000. obamacare as trillions to our deficits and to our national debt. obamacare also means that for up to 20 million americans, they will lose the insurance they currently have, the insurance that they like and they want to keep. obamacare is a job killer. and perhaps most troubling of all, obamacare puts the federal government between you and your doctor. >> now, we have a fact checker here, but he has a family, and it...
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i want to put the money back in medicare for our seniors. it puts in place an unelected board that's going to tell people ultimately what kind of treatments they can have. pre-existing conditions are covered unmy plan. >> eliot: the obama ad took those claims on as well. >> each one has been checked and checked again. what president obama has proposed are not cuts cuts to medicare. the verdict is the language mitt romney uses, the verdict is false. >> romney: pre-existing conditions are covered under my plan. >> i have to rate that mostly fiction. >> eliot: while the obama campaign fought back today, the president seemed tired and disconnected and glad it was all over last night. >> obama: i want to thank governor romney because i think it was a terrific debate. and i very much appreciate it. >> eliot: minutes later liberal commentators began screaming about the attack lines the president could have used but ignored. why no mention of romney's damming comments that 47% of americans were freeloaders dependent on government handouts. obama cam
i want to put the money back in medicare for our seniors. it puts in place an unelected board that's going to tell people ultimately what kind of treatments they can have. pre-existing conditions are covered unmy plan. >> eliot: the obama ad took those claims on as well. >> each one has been checked and checked again. what president obama has proposed are not cuts cuts to medicare. the verdict is the language mitt romney uses, the verdict is false. >> romney: pre-existing...
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and also medicare payments. >> eliot: i want to take a couple of these points one by one. the $400,000 threshold was the president's last offer. it is unlikely that will be accepted. speaker boehner's offer was a million. so in the natural course of a compromise if it ends up at $500,000 $600,000, that is not where it should be in your view. >> if you live in san francisco or new york city, it might seem like $250,000 or $300,000 is not very much but listen, in terms of the nation as a whole the median wage is around $50,000. the median family income is close to $58,000. i mean anybody earning over $250,000 is very wealthy in terms of the country as a whole. if you push it up to $400,000, those people between $250,000 and $400,000 are not going to have any tax increase at all. if you push it up above $400,000 toward the $1 million mark, speaker boehner is putting out there, you know, you're going to have a very relatively small tax increase in terms of the number of people affected, very little revenues will be raised relative to what otherwise could be raised. >> eliot: i
and also medicare payments. >> eliot: i want to take a couple of these points one by one. the $400,000 threshold was the president's last offer. it is unlikely that will be accepted. speaker boehner's offer was a million. so in the natural course of a compromise if it ends up at $500,000 $600,000, that is not where it should be in your view. >> if you live in san francisco or new york city, it might seem like $250,000 or $300,000 is not very much but listen, in terms of the nation...
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to date wyden is the only democrat to have signed on to converting medicare into a support program. so at this point there is no indication that teaming up with widen will help. >> i think that's exactly right. if senator wyden expected an public back up, it would have happened. wiyden is out there standing on its own. thank you for your time tonight. >> thanks for having me on, governor. >> my pleasure. publicly identifying women who are having abortions, that could polar shifts will reverse the earth's gravitational pull and hurtle us all into space which would render retirement planning unnecessary. but say the sun rises on december 22nd and you still need to retire td ameritrade's investment consultants can help you build a plan that fits your life. we'll even throw in up to $600 when you open a new account or roll over an old 401(k). so who's in control now, mayans? >> coming up, as congress moves towards the job act maybe they can consider a name change. how about return fraud to wall street act. first the sanity break. it was on this day in 19 "a" 1955 actor bruce willis was
to date wyden is the only democrat to have signed on to converting medicare into a support program. so at this point there is no indication that teaming up with widen will help. >> i think that's exactly right. if senator wyden expected an public back up, it would have happened. wiyden is out there standing on its own. thank you for your time tonight. >> thanks for having me on, governor. >> my pleasure. publicly identifying women who are having abortions, that could polar...
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to date wyden is the only democrat to have signed on to converting medicare into a support program. so at this point there is no indication that teaming up with widen will help. >> i think that's exactly right. if senator wyden expected an public back up, it would have happened. wiyden is out there standing on its own. thank you for your time tonight. >> thanks for having me on governor. >> my pleasure. publicly identifying women who are having abortions, that could be a brightoning reality in the state of tennessee. that's ahead on "countdown." >> coming up, as congress moves towards the job act maybe they can consider a name change. how about return fraud to wall street act. first the sanity break. it was on this day in 19 "a" 1955 actor bruce willis was born in west germany. he would star first in television and then later as a major movie star. but most importantly, he proved bald guys can look cool. that's why we love him. time marchs on. >> we begin as we always do with a two-year-old girl singing adele. if it doesn't put a smile on your face, nothing ever will. [singing] >> g
to date wyden is the only democrat to have signed on to converting medicare into a support program. so at this point there is no indication that teaming up with widen will help. >> i think that's exactly right. if senator wyden expected an public back up, it would have happened. wiyden is out there standing on its own. thank you for your time tonight. >> thanks for having me on governor. >> my pleasure. publicly identifying women who are having abortions, that could be a...
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clean water, public education, public health medicare medicaid social security. medicare they say should wither on the vine. social security has no place in sort. but the 2009 election, that was largely about 9.5% unemployment. 9.5% unemployment. even though you would say with the measures we took and the president initiated. without those who would have 15% -- nobody wants to hear that if they don't have a job, so when that barrier is there, you can't discuss health care, you can't discuss anything else. people just want to know -- >> the purpose they were sent is to block -- >> right. and so i think with an improvement in the economy certainly nothing to our satisfaction, but nonetheless going down the right path, that the contrast that we need to make will be a clear one. >> now so the tea party has posed a lot of problems for john boehner. and i'm wondering how you perceived his leadership. >> well, and let me say, that in that that -- caucus we have a difference of opinion. whatever it is we are a variety verse caucus. so when it's time for the vote, we're a
clean water, public education, public health medicare medicaid social security. medicare they say should wither on the vine. social security has no place in sort. but the 2009 election, that was largely about 9.5% unemployment. 9.5% unemployment. even though you would say with the measures we took and the president initiated. without those who would have 15% -- nobody wants to hear that if they don't have a job, so when that barrier is there, you can't discuss health care, you can't discuss...
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. >> romney: i can't understand how you can cut medicare $716 billion for current recipients of medicare. >> he created a new bipartisan debt commission. they came back with a urgent report. he thanked them sent them on their way, and then did exactly nothing. >> jennifer: okay. so karen you have two false statements -- or at least statements that can be exploited on the part of joe biden. one about the $716 billion cut in medicare when of course paul ryan had the same cut, and the other about the simpson boles. how did joe biden lob those attacks at him without overcompensating. >> look, you have many more misstatements than that, and joe biden needs to go after it aggressively and effectively. joe biden has got to call every fact he sees -- >> jennifer: you think every one? >> just about -- these -- the ticket now on the republican side is -- got a fatal flaw i think. that they don't tell the truth. you don't know what you are getting. you just can't trust in these hard economic times that you know what you are going to get. >> jennifer: duf i want you to respond to how does paul ryan
. >> romney: i can't understand how you can cut medicare $716 billion for current recipients of medicare. >> he created a new bipartisan debt commission. they came back with a urgent report. he thanked them sent them on their way, and then did exactly nothing. >> jennifer: okay. so karen you have two false statements -- or at least statements that can be exploited on the part of joe biden. one about the $716 billion cut in medicare when of course paul ryan had the same cut,...
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how about on the issue of medicare look at this. >> well i don't want any change to medicare for current seniors or for those that are nearing retirement. >> cenk: isn't that funny. he says my plan is great, but you current seniors, i'm not going to apply my plan to you. in other words obviously you would despise my plan so i'm going to actually screw up your kids and grandkids instead. why i'm so reassured. and now we get to the issue of, quote unquote, obamacare. >> the first big one is i'm not going to go forward with obamacare. i will repeal obamacare. it costs about $100 billion a year. >> cenk: it is the exact opposite. if you refeel obamacare, it actually -- as you can see from the congressional budget office. so if you repeal it costs us $100 billion. not if you keep it. it is the exact opposite of the truth. that's what mitt romney told you. and then finally what does he do at night? he apparently prays. >> you pray every night before you go to bed? >> i do pray. >> what do you ask for? >> that's between me and god. [ laughter ] >> but mostly wisdom and understanding. i seek to
how about on the issue of medicare look at this. >> well i don't want any change to medicare for current seniors or for those that are nearing retirement. >> cenk: isn't that funny. he says my plan is great, but you current seniors, i'm not going to apply my plan to you. in other words obviously you would despise my plan so i'm going to actually screw up your kids and grandkids instead. why i'm so reassured. and now we get to the issue of, quote unquote, obamacare. >> the...
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the main attack of wildly debunked claim that president obama is cutting $716 billion from medicare in order to pay for his healthcare bill. that attack apparently has not swayed the public. recent polling in the three big swing states, florida, ohio, and wisconsin, shows the people trust the president on medicare by an 8-to-20 point margin. the overall head to head match up tracks medicare results as the president continues to hold a slight lead in all three states. but mr. romney continues to look for a message that will stick. he has apparently found one and it involves no message at all. in an interview with "time" magazine mr. romney was asked to flesh out simple assertions he had been making for months that by closing tax loopholes he could lower tax rates for everybody. he was asked to specify which loopholes he would close. his response was as usual candid descriptive and saying, i quote i know our democratic friends would love to have me specify one or two so they could amass to fight that effort. he refused to answer the question, keeping his plan as vague as it's ever been.
the main attack of wildly debunked claim that president obama is cutting $716 billion from medicare in order to pay for his healthcare bill. that attack apparently has not swayed the public. recent polling in the three big swing states, florida, ohio, and wisconsin, shows the people trust the president on medicare by an 8-to-20 point margin. the overall head to head match up tracks medicare results as the president continues to hold a slight lead in all three states. but mr. romney continues to...
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i think there was tremendous support in the room that we were in today for medicare, medicaid, and social security. these safety net programs define us as a country as compassionate compassionate. defines us as a country that stands for poor americans. and defines us that we understand that these are programs that have worked, and reforming them in a way that doesn't hurt people is something that we have to discuss. radical changes in those programs i simply think are not going to find much support. >> eliot: you're exactly right. everybody should understand that's why it's worth repeating social security does not contribute to the deficit. we're talking about hundreds of different ways to make social security solvent. mr. mayor, you understand politics whether boehner get votes from the tea party that revenue enhancement that has got to be part of this package? >> i think the challenge for boehner. it will be a test for john boehner's leadership to find the votes within his caucus, to meet the president and others halfway. he has got to come halfway. certainly the president has got to co
i think there was tremendous support in the room that we were in today for medicare, medicaid, and social security. these safety net programs define us as a country as compassionate compassionate. defines us as a country that stands for poor americans. and defines us that we understand that these are programs that have worked, and reforming them in a way that doesn't hurt people is something that we have to discuss. radical changes in those programs i simply think are not going to find much...
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medicare is enormously popular. i think the people of this country understand that we can create millions of jobs by rebuilding our infrastructure. there is great concern since hurricane sandy the impact of global warming and what will be coming down the pike if we do not transform our energy system. they want us to be aggressive in that area. i think there is a lot of concern about education and the fact that there millions of young people paying to go to college and they want government to be there as well to make sure we have the best-educated worse forceworkforce in the world in this economy. what the right wing has been successful about is to suggest that their extreme ideology is what america wants. it doesn't. i think this is true in 50 states in this country. it makes sense to give huge task breaks to millionaires and billionaires who are already doing well, and then to cut back on work families? to answer your question, i think the american people understand especially amidst this recession that government
medicare is enormously popular. i think the people of this country understand that we can create millions of jobs by rebuilding our infrastructure. there is great concern since hurricane sandy the impact of global warming and what will be coming down the pike if we do not transform our energy system. they want us to be aggressive in that area. i think there is a lot of concern about education and the fact that there millions of young people paying to go to college and they want government to be...
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reducing the medicare -- we tried this. this 15-year experiment -- sorry, this experiment, privatization that economists say has been unsuccessful. it is getting some -- medicare advantage. we're talking about getting some waste out of the future. a program -- a move that republicans in the past have backed. medicare is still going to be there. no cuts to benefits as fact checkers have looked at and said. the campaign keeps continuing to say it over and over and over and over again. of once again they're not going to be dictated to by fact checkers. putting more pressure on the media to call them out when they keep making these mistakes. >> nor do they mention that paul ryan, of course, has the very same $716 billion getting rid of waste and fraud and medicare in his budget which has been voted on and approved twice by house republicans. i think it is a real challenge for the media because what it says is for the next ten weeks, they're going to continue to tell those lies and every lie they can think of. and the media's go
reducing the medicare -- we tried this. this 15-year experiment -- sorry, this experiment, privatization that economists say has been unsuccessful. it is getting some -- medicare advantage. we're talking about getting some waste out of the future. a program -- a move that republicans in the past have backed. medicare is still going to be there. no cuts to benefits as fact checkers have looked at and said. the campaign keeps continuing to say it over and over and over and over again. of once...
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they like medicare. they tell you to keep your hands off their medicare and it has provided economic stability. prior to 65, stephanie when seniors were retiring, they often saw their economic stability dip south because healthcare costs would enter in at that retirement phase in their life and it would destroy their quality of life. and so now that security, that foundation that underpinning is there and it is real and it's had a history a track record of performance and you know, even with the affordable care act, we have extended some 8 or 9 years into its life and making it very solvent and working for people. >> stephanie: you know, interesting, the headline -- reading today surrogates admit romney will cut medicare benefits for current seniors. there is no -- this is not at all -- this memo that the campaign released on saturday. romney plans to repeal affordable care act in its entirety unless spends over $700 billion in the coming decade than the government would spend if the healthcare law stand
they like medicare. they tell you to keep your hands off their medicare and it has provided economic stability. prior to 65, stephanie when seniors were retiring, they often saw their economic stability dip south because healthcare costs would enter in at that retirement phase in their life and it would destroy their quality of life. and so now that security, that foundation that underpinning is there and it is real and it's had a history a track record of performance and you know, even with...
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i'm not positive about social security, but medicare and medicaid, i would be shocked if the president didn't take a chain saw to them. isn't that funny though, even if i'm wrong progressives are saying oh, my god we threw ourselves on a hand grade for the president. why? because they knew he wasn't actually progressive we did what we had to do to get him elected, now please, pretty please will you listen to us. i thought he was supposed to be progressive, i thought that's what the republicans were saying. >> we are preserved to preserving the tax breaks for the middle class and piking sure the wealthy pay their fair share. >> the president just got reelected, the republicans are reeling, we told you a mommy reasons he's got leverage. one other a recent poll from pew research center: if you go over the fiscal cliff, they are going to blame the other side anyway, which you should so you have all the leverage in the world! are you going to use it? some people are hopeful. i am not. i don't believe he will. now, one of the reasons i believe that is because i keep seeing quotes like this f
i'm not positive about social security, but medicare and medicaid, i would be shocked if the president didn't take a chain saw to them. isn't that funny though, even if i'm wrong progressives are saying oh, my god we threw ourselves on a hand grade for the president. why? because they knew he wasn't actually progressive we did what we had to do to get him elected, now please, pretty please will you listen to us. i thought he was supposed to be progressive, i thought that's what the republicans...
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accept that our medicare will be different than our parents when we retire in 30 years. but isn't that the least we can do. >> also the gop ticket wants to appeal the affordable care act. according to new estimates the medicare advantage plans -- those are the private health insurance plans that offer medicare at a more expensive rate than what we can offer through the government, they are not suffering at the hands of health care reform as they claim they would, in fact they are doing even better than before. defenders for medicare and medicaid say enrollment in the plans is up 20%, premiums are down 10%, and benefits have stayed the same. also today you are likely to hear news that more people will face a penalty for not buying health insurance. now 6 million people not 4 will face about a $1,200 penalty if they don't buy health insurance but this is only 2% of the population, and the whole point is to make sure people buy health insurance if they can afford it so they cover their own medical bills and it doesn't fall on the rest of us. education is the key. it is the
accept that our medicare will be different than our parents when we retire in 30 years. but isn't that the least we can do. >> also the gop ticket wants to appeal the affordable care act. according to new estimates the medicare advantage plans -- those are the private health insurance plans that offer medicare at a more expensive rate than what we can offer through the government, they are not suffering at the hands of health care reform as they claim they would, in fact they are doing...
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she was pointing out that medicare, there is not a mandate for medicare. if you wait until you're older it's more expensive and there is another way to skin the cat. >> i know a lot of conservative bloggers are hinky the way they will go. but justice ruth bader ginsberg said that she and scalia were having a big fight over the change of his positions on some things. >> stephanie: oh this one. [♪ "world news tonight" ♪] >> stephanie: here's the thing. he's more of a politician nan a judge. >> yes, why the hell is he sitting on the bench. >> stephanie: he now just agrees with the constitutionality of healthcare reform. within days of this ruling he's releasing a new book in where we finds fault for the under girding of the healthcare. he's like mitt romney, a flip flopper. >> an etch-a-sketcher. now a flip flop. >> stephanie: he previously embraced the premises of that decision. a lot of law professors had the same opinion we did. his judge something political and he'll support the laws he likes but narrowly strike down the ones he doesn't. this is typic
she was pointing out that medicare, there is not a mandate for medicare. if you wait until you're older it's more expensive and there is another way to skin the cat. >> i know a lot of conservative bloggers are hinky the way they will go. but justice ruth bader ginsberg said that she and scalia were having a big fight over the change of his positions on some things. >> stephanie: oh this one. [♪ "world news tonight" ♪] >> stephanie: here's the thing. he's more of...
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i don't like the obama plan, it cuts medicare. we didn't anything like that. >> maybe because medicare is a federal program not a state program. romney shaded the truth. he accuses gingrich of calling spanish the language of the ghetto. romney denied knowing anything about the ad but went back on the track after wolfe blitzer informed romney that he had personally endorse the ad. >> did you say what the ad says or not. >> i don't know, it's taken out of context, i did not know. >> gingrich today claimed that he was appalled by romney's eplies last night telling the washington post: >> news campaign also followed up today with this ad: >> romney denied seeing a false ad his campaign used to attack newt gingrich, but romney's own campaign paid for the ad and romney's own voice is on the ad approving its false content. if we can't trust what mitt romney says about his own record, how can you trust him on anything. >> romney's leading gingrich by nine points in florida with ron paul and rick santorum far behind. nationwide, gingrich i
i don't like the obama plan, it cuts medicare. we didn't anything like that. >> maybe because medicare is a federal program not a state program. romney shaded the truth. he accuses gingrich of calling spanish the language of the ghetto. romney denied knowing anything about the ad but went back on the track after wolfe blitzer informed romney that he had personally endorse the ad. >> did you say what the ad says or not. >> i don't know, it's taken out of context, i did not...
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he said that 80% of scooters did not meet medicare requirement. the good news under president obama's healthcare program we would save that $72 million. we would note give it in fraudulent claims. the american taxpayers saves half a billion dollars. mark leader do not like that. they want it to go from the american taxpayer and straight into their pocket and then call on you through the government. how much has the scooter store given in lobbying? they've given $900,000. i wonder why they care so much about mitt romney winning. leaders given romney $300,000 and restore our future pac romney's pac $225,000. by the way, without the medicare wasting money on this, as we have already found out they are scooter store would go out of business. these are these great free market capitalists that actually have terrible companies but they get propped up by the government, and they get people like mitt romney in office saying bad government, what a joke right mark? here is another $500 million from the american people. run your crappy company based on whatev
he said that 80% of scooters did not meet medicare requirement. the good news under president obama's healthcare program we would save that $72 million. we would note give it in fraudulent claims. the american taxpayers saves half a billion dollars. mark leader do not like that. they want it to go from the american taxpayer and straight into their pocket and then call on you through the government. how much has the scooter store given in lobbying? they've given $900,000. i wonder why they care...
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you could have had 98% medicare for all. there's no way ben nelson the conservative democrats and republicanses would ever allowed it. >> when we come back, trayvon martin's family is speaking out. they said something very interesting that i want to share with you. and we're going to have a guest on. she's a black woman who left this country. she lived here and left and said i don't think this is a place for black people. it's really interesting. she's going to skype in from trinidad. we'll talk about why she left when we come back. cenk: we're back on "the young turks." ana's got a story about trayvon martin's parents, they were on the morning shows this morning. >> trayvon martin's family has broken their silence since the verdict was read in the george zimmerman case and spoke on g.m.a. >> my first thought was shock disgust. i really didn't believe that he was not guilty. >> we feel that the verdict we didn't feel it was fair, and of course, it was devastating. they didn't know him as a human being, a very decent human be
you could have had 98% medicare for all. there's no way ben nelson the conservative democrats and republicanses would ever allowed it. >> when we come back, trayvon martin's family is speaking out. they said something very interesting that i want to share with you. and we're going to have a guest on. she's a black woman who left this country. she lived here and left and said i don't think this is a place for black people. it's really interesting. she's going to skype in from trinidad....
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they're open to medicare. they've been open to changing provider payments which there is a lot of waste there. encouraging pharmacy companies to give medicare and medicaid better rates. those are all positive reforms. those are big savings. so we can take and find savings from the provider side. it is when you go after the beneficiaries that you run into problems but look, you know, romney ran an entire campaign hitting democrats for cutting $716 billion out of medicare. now they turn -- republicans backed that view we shouldn't touch medicare at all. now they turn around and say you have to cut medicare. it is as if the 716 debate we had for months didn't happen. >> bill: we know -- you know, the fact is the phrase entitlement reform, i wish democrats would stop using it because by republicans democrats mean one thing which is making the system more efficient, more cost-effective, delivering more benefits and getting rid of the waste like the $716 billion. when republicans say entitlement reform they mean pau
they're open to medicare. they've been open to changing provider payments which there is a lot of waste there. encouraging pharmacy companies to give medicare and medicaid better rates. those are all positive reforms. those are big savings. so we can take and find savings from the provider side. it is when you go after the beneficiaries that you run into problems but look, you know, romney ran an entire campaign hitting democrats for cutting $716 billion out of medicare. now they turn --...
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jay carney today said that the president wants to trim medicare but with a scalpel not an axe. and ryan let slip his real plan for medicare system. >> this to us is something that we're not going to give up on because we're not going to give up on destroying the healthcare system for the american people. >> michael: that was bushan it was so man. was it a freudian slip or is young blue eyes cracking under the weight of his own lies. that was the most truthful statement we've heard from paul ryan maybe ever. mitch mcconnell announced today it's very first amendment to the continuing resolution that is keeping the government afloat is to delay the implementation of obama-care, here we go again. it's not just obama-care that republicans are going after mcdonnell is vowing to dismantle the president's new financial regulation. he's leading a group of 43 republican senators to block the nomination of the head of financial protection bureau. yet today here the republicans were nothing but nice. >> i will compliment you. you have done a wonderful job in carrying out your duties. >> mi
jay carney today said that the president wants to trim medicare but with a scalpel not an axe. and ryan let slip his real plan for medicare system. >> this to us is something that we're not going to give up on because we're not going to give up on destroying the healthcare system for the american people. >> michael: that was bushan it was so man. was it a freudian slip or is young blue eyes cracking under the weight of his own lies. that was the most truthful statement we've heard...
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raise the medicare age to 67. somebody called from your hometown from chicago to say my husband lays brick in chicago. he's not going to be able to do it much longer until he's 60 let alone -- >> there is an easy solution for this. there is an upper middle -- middle class and upper middle class group of people, a large swath of people who do what is soft retirement. they retire effect live i from their company or own entity at 65 and they continue to consult for the next seven years. something like that. there can be a faisal -- raising the medicaid for that group of people. if you have some sort of gainful employment over a certain amount, let's say it is $150,000 a year or whatever that you're continuing to bring in an income that's three times what the average american family is making, then you continue to pay into medicare and you stop -- social programs and you don't draw out. you don't draw out until effectively you're out of the work force in that level. that's -- they bought out my mom -- my mom is regist
raise the medicare age to 67. somebody called from your hometown from chicago to say my husband lays brick in chicago. he's not going to be able to do it much longer until he's 60 let alone -- >> there is an easy solution for this. there is an upper middle -- middle class and upper middle class group of people, a large swath of people who do what is soft retirement. they retire effect live i from their company or own entity at 65 and they continue to consult for the next seven years....
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the savings are mostly wrung there health care providers, not medicare beneficiaries. >> in other words death panels. >> stephanie: yeah. >> no! [ wah wah ] >> stephanie: okay. all right. yikes. >> the big lie theory. >> stephanie: it's like he is using his debate technique. it's like the tennis ball machine of lies at the end. >> it turns out to 11. >> it'ses the lillian gish gallop. >> yes, that's it. because she was known for her barrage of lies. >> stephanie: alan in texas you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> caller: good morning. >> stephanie: hi go ahead. >> caller: i was wondering since romney is taking every side of every position if he is elected he would be able to keep all of his promises and then not be able to keep all of his promises, does that make him an oxymoron or an [ inaudible ]. [ applause ] >> stephanie: very good. katherine in pennsylvania welcome. >> caller: yes hello i am a first time caller and i wanted to make a comment no republican talks about privatizing fema now. i just wanted to say that my governor governor corbett promised not to have cars and bot
the savings are mostly wrung there health care providers, not medicare beneficiaries. >> in other words death panels. >> stephanie: yeah. >> no! [ wah wah ] >> stephanie: okay. all right. yikes. >> the big lie theory. >> stephanie: it's like he is using his debate technique. it's like the tennis ball machine of lies at the end. >> it turns out to 11. >> it'ses the lillian gish gallop. >> yes, that's it. because she was known for her barrage...
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surveys after sur vades say voters want fair taxes on the rich not these problems like social security medicare and medicaid cut. what's he going to be? it may be rush limbaugh's favorite foundation, but that's not going to do a lot at this moment with this discredited brand. >> well i am very fascinated by the underpinnings of the heritage foundation. we understanding demind is going to make a million dollarshalf a million dollars a year at heritage foundation but who gives heritage that money? what will they expect from demint in return? >> it's the same phalanx of people, these ideological billionaires who were sore losers in this election. they didn't get what they wanted. you have the koch brothers the olin foundation the bradley foundation. this is this network, this right-wing infrastructure that our money and politics 3 fuong writes about "the machine," but on the other side there are movements and progressive think tanks and, you know, a media emerging that is more popular in terms of the ideas in a country, let's be honest. the republican party lost this last election. it will come ba
surveys after sur vades say voters want fair taxes on the rich not these problems like social security medicare and medicaid cut. what's he going to be? it may be rush limbaugh's favorite foundation, but that's not going to do a lot at this moment with this discredited brand. >> well i am very fascinated by the underpinnings of the heritage foundation. we understanding demind is going to make a million dollarshalf a million dollars a year at heritage foundation but who gives heritage that...
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the solvency of medicare. he ran against that. ryan and republican leaders were opposed to the cuts, and then turned around and campaigned against those cuts in the 2012 election, and are now embracing them again. wow! [ applause ] >> stephanie: when the car flips like -- i don't know how many times -- and there are pieces in -- yeah the stands. that kind of flip. >> okay. >> stephanie: his budget will include the tax hikes from the fiscal cliff which he voted against -- >> maybe paul ryan should be wearing a helmet. but he would probably wear that backwards too. >> he is voting for something he was against. >> now i'm for being against it. i don't remember. >> stephanie: oh boy. isn't that wonderful, eddie. >> isn't that wonderful, eddie? >> i won't go! i won't! i won't! you can't make me! you can't make me! you can't! you can't! >> stephanie: all right. >> wasn't he just on the losing end of a campaign -- >> stephanie: right. >> just shut up a little bit. take the hint. >> stephanie: right. forty-six minutes
the solvency of medicare. he ran against that. ryan and republican leaders were opposed to the cuts, and then turned around and campaigned against those cuts in the 2012 election, and are now embracing them again. wow! [ applause ] >> stephanie: when the car flips like -- i don't know how many times -- and there are pieces in -- yeah the stands. that kind of flip. >> okay. >> stephanie: his budget will include the tax hikes from the fiscal cliff which he voted against --...
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particularly now that he is getting rid of all of the west from medicare. all of the waist and fraud. [ applause ] >> stephanie: that makes his budget wouldn't have balanced the budget until 2040. now it balances it right when marcus bachmann likes [ censor bleep ]. >> which is never. >> really, you just got that now, jim? >> yeah, it just came to me. >> stephanie: [ inaudible ]. >> they thought paul ryan want to partially privatize medicare and they ran ads, and lo and behold it hasn't hurt the romney campaign. >> stephanie: really? i'm not sure where you are getting that. the polling i have seen out of florida today was -- [♪ somber music ♪] >> a lot of retired people. >> stephanie: seriously, i'm just wondering if they are working for us. karl rove is demanding that romney release his tax returns. >> uh-huh. [♪ somber music ♪] >> stephanie: he may be working for us now. they might have sat around going -- [♪ "jeopardy" theme music ♪] >> stephanie: how do we get all of the old white people? unless we put paul ryan in here. [ bell chimes ] >> s
particularly now that he is getting rid of all of the west from medicare. all of the waist and fraud. [ applause ] >> stephanie: that makes his budget wouldn't have balanced the budget until 2040. now it balances it right when marcus bachmann likes [ censor bleep ]. >> which is never. >> really, you just got that now, jim? >> yeah, it just came to me. >> stephanie: [ inaudible ]. >> they thought paul ryan want to partially privatize medicare and they ran ads,...
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you don't have to participate in medicare, social security, and that's how we cut entitlements. >> we should have turned over social security to the free market like bush wanted to do. >> geez, idiots. >> stephanie: oh boy. not since the ceo of goldman sachs said we can't afford these entitlements anymore has something so irritated me. bill crystal. >> we can say president obama is overreaching. at the end of the day he is selling a very simple message, i want to keep taxes low for middle class americans, and republicans are in the position of looking like they don't care about the middle class. >> stephanie: that would be horrible if people had some sort of impression like that? that would be horrible. >> god! >> stephanie: that would be crazy -- [ cuckoo clock chimes ] >> where do they get this. >> stephanie: oh really? sarah palin? >> yeah. she keeps showing up. >> barack obama is a socialist. he believes in socialism in redistributing health in confiscating hard-earned dollars of our small businessmen and women so they cannot reinvest their dollars and hire more people and expand.
you don't have to participate in medicare, social security, and that's how we cut entitlements. >> we should have turned over social security to the free market like bush wanted to do. >> geez, idiots. >> stephanie: oh boy. not since the ceo of goldman sachs said we can't afford these entitlements anymore has something so irritated me. bill crystal. >> we can say president obama is overreaching. at the end of the day he is selling a very simple message, i want to keep...
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and the medicare plans are actually more expensive than regular medicare is. he suggests trying out his premium support plan in the regular insurance market before applying it to medicare and that's exactly what the affordable care act will do. one of the ways we'll pay for national health care reform is by eliminating waste and fraud in medicare. federal authorities have now charged 107 doctors, and social workers with medicare fraud. the scams cost taxpayers $452 million which is the most in a single bust in medicare history. mitt romney may want to consider speeding up his outreach to hispanic voters. he has done very little to court the spanish media. the pew research center's latest poll has president obama up over romney with hispanic voters by 40 points. we'll be right back. ♪ we will not settle for easy answers. (vo) the former governor of ny eliot spitzer, joins the new news network. >>every night we will drill down on the days top stories in search of facts that inform. >> we don't stop until we get answers that are truthful, serious, and not based
and the medicare plans are actually more expensive than regular medicare is. he suggests trying out his premium support plan in the regular insurance market before applying it to medicare and that's exactly what the affordable care act will do. one of the ways we'll pay for national health care reform is by eliminating waste and fraud in medicare. federal authorities have now charged 107 doctors, and social workers with medicare fraud. the scams cost taxpayers $452 million which is the most in...
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the real problem as you've discussed, and we've all discussed is healthcare costs driving up medicare. we got to deal with the healthcare. >> we'll deal with with conversation in the months and weeks ahead. the republicans who want to turn us into the europeans into recession. author of "the age of greed," many thanks. >> eliot, thank you. >> for more on this numbers on this election season i'm joined with brian from taking points memo. these jobs numbers are ambivalent. the person for whom they've been a live preserver is mitt romney. we've been talking about gender gaps. he can't relate to real people, the latino community, now he can talk with what he wants to talk about again, the economy. does he suddenly have a life raft to hang on to. >> that's right. when he's not trying to dodge all these other battles about women, contraception and whatnot, the obama recovery took too long and was too tepid and that's obama's fault. that's hard to make resonate when you're economy is adding 250,000 jobs a month. but when you get a report like that, when it's less than half of that figure, th
the real problem as you've discussed, and we've all discussed is healthcare costs driving up medicare. we got to deal with the healthcare. >> we'll deal with with conversation in the months and weeks ahead. the republicans who want to turn us into the europeans into recession. author of "the age of greed," many thanks. >> eliot, thank you. >> for more on this numbers on this election season i'm joined with brian from taking points memo. these jobs numbers are...
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they're also cutting some food starches and social security medicare medicaid and help for college students, and money for medical research, but when it comes to cutting the oh i will companies, the most profitable companies in the world, they don't want to do that. you're right. we've got to, it's an organizing challenge, not enough people know about it. thank you for highlighting it. we've got to broadcast to the american people. i've got to do more to get on you the word. we've got to make it clear. >> one last question about that. if people ran their campaigns on this, i think you would wipe out the republican party on this issue alone. if democrats ran against republicans, even in the reddest district of the reddest state hey, you want to give your money away to the biggest corporations in the world for no reason, they're going to say hell no. why don't the democrats run on it. >> i think some of us do. i made it a real key issue in my race so did bernie sanders. our caucus, there are a number of us who found this to be very compelling and keep on talking about it but, you know, quite
they're also cutting some food starches and social security medicare medicaid and help for college students, and money for medical research, but when it comes to cutting the oh i will companies, the most profitable companies in the world, they don't want to do that. you're right. we've got to, it's an organizing challenge, not enough people know about it. thank you for highlighting it. we've got to broadcast to the american people. i've got to do more to get on you the word. we've got to make...
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he was asked are the medicare comments a lie? and he said as far case tell. [ wah wah ] >> stephanie: ann romney said her favorite show is family guy. [ inaudible ] [ laughter ] >> stephanie: here is some good news by the way -- north carolina >> stephanie: especially for people like jim who is concerned. a tele-judge panel has struck down texas's voter id law. >> that's good news. >> stephanie: yes, exactly. one state at a time. i love this, bat [ censor bleep ] michele bachmann is encouraging voters to support mitt romney because president obama is extremely wealthy and can't relate to the average man. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: she said president obama is extremely wealthy. he and his wife have been wealthy for a number of years, so i think that's really the issue. no, it's not. john fugelsang here is more good news -- [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: guess who lost his primary? ben quayle. do my favorite line -- >> ben quayle called obama the worst president in history, proving the douche doesn't fall far fr
he was asked are the medicare comments a lie? and he said as far case tell. [ wah wah ] >> stephanie: ann romney said her favorite show is family guy. [ inaudible ] [ laughter ] >> stephanie: here is some good news by the way -- north carolina >> stephanie: especially for people like jim who is concerned. a tele-judge panel has struck down texas's voter id law. >> that's good news. >> stephanie: yes, exactly. one state at a time. i love this, bat [ censor bleep ]...
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health care and a good education within reach of more americans and supporting soldier security and medicare that millions of seniors count on. >> cenk: they didn't do that for three and a half years this policy because they were worried the reaction of the country--oh, my god what is the right wing--let me show you the numbers. 70% of all americans approve of the policy. 90% of the latinos approve of the policy. he should have done it on day one. he did it, god bless. this is what happens when you stand your ground, you plant your flag and you get 70% of the country behind you. not only that, he has got to win the swing states. look what is happening among latino voters, 63% to 27% kicking romney's ass. romney is doing worse in florida, why? because president obama's stand on immigration. you fight them. you don't agree with them. finally all the democrats came out and said, oh my god president obama don't run those ads. ads like this one. >> i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. >> day one president romney stands up to china. >> but would he? the "washington post" revealed that rom
health care and a good education within reach of more americans and supporting soldier security and medicare that millions of seniors count on. >> cenk: they didn't do that for three and a half years this policy because they were worried the reaction of the country--oh, my god what is the right wing--let me show you the numbers. 70% of all americans approve of the policy. 90% of the latinos approve of the policy. he should have done it on day one. he did it, god bless. this is what...
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poll elderly left medicare. actual study elderly americans on medicare are substantially happier with their insurance coverage than their younger counterparts. which is why former and future congressman alan grayson's plan on medicare for all makes so much sense doesn't it? [ applause ] >> get your government hands off my medicare. what? >> stephanie: help! only 8% of medicare beneficiaries -- >> help! help! >> stephanie: only 8% of medicare beneficiaries -- [cats meowing] >> stephanie: over 65 or over rated their coverage fair or poor. there are a lot of myths out there. it is important to remember how well medicare performs. republicans, including mitt romney the presumptive g.o.p. candidate want to convert medicare into what they call premium support. it seems like the kotex with wings. [ ♪ magic wand ♪ ] it is premium support. >> not just support. it is premium support. >> you always bring up these chick references that neither -- you know. >> stephanie: i have to explain to you what a sticky bra is. you
poll elderly left medicare. actual study elderly americans on medicare are substantially happier with their insurance coverage than their younger counterparts. which is why former and future congressman alan grayson's plan on medicare for all makes so much sense doesn't it? [ applause ] >> get your government hands off my medicare. what? >> stephanie: help! only 8% of medicare beneficiaries -- >> help! help! >> stephanie: only 8% of medicare beneficiaries -- [cats...
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we don't have a medicare problem. we have a healthcare cost problem. there is no competition in the healthcare market place right now. >> stephanie: right. >> okay. and people make money in the healthcare industry when prices go up. >> right. >> corporations make money when prices go up. we're talking about medical device manufacturers, drug companies, health insurance companies, they all make money the higher the prices are. they have no incentive to work for the public good. their incent sieve to make money for shareholders. higher prices in the healthcare market in general are a good thing for them. >> stephanie: right. you were pointing out we're forced -- because the baseline is fraudulently high. >> you hear a lot that medicare underpays. it is not that medicare underpays, it is that we have this faulty baseline that's too high. medicare's rates are actually reasonable but we've created this fake market place where the baseline is so expensive that we, as a nation, are overpaying and we don't negotiate the way other countries do. so we're essenti
we don't have a medicare problem. we have a healthcare cost problem. there is no competition in the healthcare market place right now. >> stephanie: right. >> okay. and people make money in the healthcare industry when prices go up. >> right. >> corporations make money when prices go up. we're talking about medical device manufacturers, drug companies, health insurance companies, they all make money the higher the prices are. they have no incentive to work for the public...